Miomi shutters, "Who are you."
The broad figure moves closer, "Away!", shrieks Miomi as she starts backing away.
𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱?!
The figure steps into the moonlight, revealing a tall, tanned, muscular man with red jeweled eyes and brown hair with.. ears? Wait..
𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱.. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱!
Flustered, Miomi covers her eyes. The man begins to come closer, crouching down, he reaches out his hand. "Female, are you alright?" Moving two fingers, Miomi looks at him.
𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦..?
She begins to glare at him, "I have a name, and I'm doing just fine, thank you very much!" she states as she slaps his hand away.
Shocked, the strange man smiles and says, "Then what is your name?"
Still glaring, Miomi turns to him and states, "Miomi."
The mysterious man grins, "Well, I'm Arden, little Miomi."
𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦???
Arden stands up, taking the brown hide which was wrapped around his waist, and tosses it on Miomi. He covers his eyes, while his ears droop down. "You should really cover up, little Miomi."
𝘊𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵..
He points down at her body.
…
Miomi's face turns a bright red as she begins to wrap herself up. "What about yourself?" She says as she covers her face with one hand, still holding the hide up with the other.
"I'll be fine, I have several at home, and either way I can just hunt another animal and skin it for it's hide." He states as he begins to shift into a large mountain cougar.
Shocked, Miomi falls back. "Woah, careful there!" States the cougar as he runs behind her, cushioning her fall.
𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵…
"Arden?" she asks as she turns to pet him.
"Yeah!" he states, as he nuzzles her face.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭..
Miomi begins to rub her face in his fur. "So soft.." she states as she grins and hugs him.
Flustered, he scoops her up on his back. "I'll take you to the village first, I can't leave a little female alone at night."
𝘝𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦?
Arden begins to strut off, "So, what's a village like?" asks Miomi.
"Have you never been in a village, little Miomi?" he says.
Miomi shakes her head, "Nope."
𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨..
"Well, it's just a place where a bunch of beast-men gather and live together to put it simple." He states.
𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵.. 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦.
"Oh, I see." she laughs.
Miomi shifts into a comfortable position and begins to drift off to sleep.
Some time later. -
"Who's this female, Arden? She has a stench of snake!"
"Yeah, what if she's a feral! That's dangerous for the females of the village!"
𝘞𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨?
"Mmmm..", Miomi begins to slowly open her eyes.
"Little Miomi!" Says Arden, "How'd you sleep?" he states as he smiles, holding her hands.
"I slept just fine, thank you very much." Miomi yawns as she rubs her eyes. She looks over to see several of beast people surrounding her.
"Is this the village?" She asks as she turns to Arden.
"Yes, this is the village little Miomi!"
"Hmm.. Yay." States Miomi as she wraps her arms around Arden's neck, closing her eyes once again.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.
"Little Miomi will be staying here at the village with me! As her mate, I will supply for her, you needn't worry!" Arden states as he shifts back into beast form, picking up Miomi on his back.
𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦? 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴...
Miomi sighs, then begins to drift off into another deep slumber.